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Yes but we were talking about the writer's purpose for writing the books. You're right those other books are less popular yet they exist and they serve as an ex
by sersi 2y ago
Yes but we were talking about the writer's purpose for writing the books. You're right those other books are less popular yet they exist and they serve as an example of non-white main characters in books 1950s by a popular author. It's not CS Lewis' fault that those books are less popular.
And, yes being the main character of a book feel special, there's no denying that but there's also the fact that the previous poster (and many others because even if they're less popular, 371k ratings on goodreads is nothing to scoff at) could find himself in those other books.
- graemep 2y agoIts also unusual for the plot of a children's book published in 1954 to end with a brown girl (albeit an aristocrat) marrying into a white anglophone royal family - and earlier in the book a white English queen was considering marrying a brown prince. I wonder how that went down in, for example, the Southern states of the US at the time? Never read anything about reactions to the plot, but did it sell there? Did people let their kids read it?